I wanted to point out that on December 15, 2000 the board of directors of Ex-Im approved a guarantee for an $18 million credit to support export sales from General Electric in Salem, Virginia; Carlen Controls in Roanoke, Virginia; and CIC Company in Glenshaw, Pennsylvania for software control systems and main drive power supplies and it does go for this project. These are U.S. companies that got the loan guarantees.
Discussing loan guarantees approved by the Ex-Im Bank for U.S. companies.
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